The tweet was likely a response to controversy surrounding an earlier statement made by Brown. When asked by paparazzi for his opinion of Ocean as he was leaving a nightclub in France, Chris Brown replied, "Man, no homo," according to a report via The Advocate.

Not surprisingly, that reported statement sparked a firestorm of criticism against Brown, who is no stranger to making alleged homophobic slurs, on a variety of social media outlets.

Whether or not Brown intended to take a homophobic swipe at his fellow chart-topper is questionable, however; as a number of publications have noted, the phrase "no, homo" is frequently used in the hip-hop world to reject any notion of something that could be deemed homosexual in nature.

In a second tweet, Brown seemed to take aim at his critics:

Ocean, who has also written songs for Justin Bieber, John Legend and Beyoncé in addition to his own solo success, spoke frankly about falling in love with an unidentified man as a teenager on his blog earlier this month. "We spent that summer, and the summer after, together," he wrote in part. "Everyday almost… Sleep I would often share with him. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless. There was no escaping."

View other allegedly anti-gay remarks made by celebrities on Twitter below:

Celebs' 'Homophobic' Tweets

Celebs' 'Homophobic' Tweets

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Chris Brown

Exactly how effective Brown's anger management classes are going is questionable, given the series of homophobic, racially-charged tweets he sent out last December after rapper Raz, formerly of the group B2K, set him off. "@razb2k n---a you want attention!" he wrote. "Grow up n----a!!! Dick in da ass lil boy...Tell me this @razb2k!! Why when the money was coming in u won't complaining about getting butplugged! #homothug!!!"
Later, Brown wrote, "I'm not homophobic! He's just disrespectful!!!"